If you're looking to make your own mark on the world of Middle-earth, adding your name to the list of the greats like Frodo, Legolas, and Smaug, you're in luck. Free League Publishing has started taking pre-orders for the newest edition of The One Ring RPG. They've got the core rules, a starter set, and a couple extras in their webshop that you can put your name down on the list to get them as soon as they're available.

From the announcement:

The path that leads into Middle-earth has opened. Free League Publishing today announced that the Core Rules and the Starter Set for new edition of The One Ring™ roleplaying game, published in partnership with with Sophisticated Games, are now available for pre-order ahead of the launch in Q1 2022. When placing pre-orders, players will receive a full PDF of the games within minutes of their purchase. The games are also available for PDF purchase via DrivethruRPG.

The new edition of The One Ring™ RPG, set in the world of The Lord of the Rings™ by J.R.R. Tolkien and designed by Francesco Nepitello, became the most successful tabletop RPG core game ever on Kickstarter when it ended March 4th 2021, raising over $2 million.

Included in the pre-order:

The One Ring™ RPG Core Rules

The One Ring™ RPG Starter Set

The One Ring™ Loremaster's Screen & Rivendell Compendium

The One Ring™ Cloth Maps & Dice Sets

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The Fey are a favorite of many a DM out there. Mine included. If you're looking to add more of these tricksy, nature-loving, generally-long-eared beings into your game, along with new adventures, gear, locations, and more, you'll want to check out Mag of Holding - Breath of the Feywild, a new RPG supplement for D&D up on Kickstarter now.

From the campaign:

The campaign's coming up on 3x funded with 14 days left to go.

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Anyone in the gaming industry knows Flat River Group. They're a major distributor of board games. Well, now they're growing. They've acquired Greater Than Games. Read on for the full press release.

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All week, I've had a hell of a time figuring out what day it was. I thought I'd gotten it together yesterday morning, being like, "Yes. It's Thursday." But, by the end of the day, I was like, "Yes. It's Friday." Of course, it wasn't Friday then. It's Friday now. And that means it's time to nosh on some bite-sized gaming stories. Maybe I'll get back on-course with the days over the weekend. We'll see. Anyway, today on the platter we have:

New Demon Minis From Draco Studios Up On Kickstarter

Now you can get three of the Daimoi as gargantuan resin miniatures (or STL files). Beautifully sculpted, expertly printed and limited to only 200 of each Daimos.

In Dragonbond, Vaala is the primal force that shapes creation with its three aspects: fai (dreams), id (will), and kaab (source of life). It is a force of magic for Valernians, a source of nourishment and power for dragons. Daimoi are the corruption of Vaala. 

These 3 Daimoi embraced the id aspect of vaala to the extreme, the corruption of will.

New Fruitcake Dice Set Available From Kraken Dice

Ring In The Holidays With Fruitcake.

Finally a fruitcake you won't want to re-gift. This for color glitter dice set captures the spirit of its infamous holiday namesake, without all the fruity chunks.

Kraken's Fruitcake 14pc glitter dice set releases tonight, Thursday, December 2nd at 6pm pst. Fruitcake is part of a limited production run of 500 total sets.

December Free Mini Available From Victoria Miniatures

Greetings,

Gosh, December already! Time for a new Miniature of the Month; Female Missionary Hildeguard Hell, sculpted by Patrick Keith. For every $50 you spend you can add one of these minis for free.

Victoria Miniatures are made in the USA, all orders $100 USD or more ship FREE worldwide.

How do the Genestealer Cultists plan on defeating the much more heavily armored, armed, and trained Adeptus Custodes on Terra? Through their specialized tactics in pinning down opponent and wiping them out. Get a look at these Crossfire rules in this preview of their upcoming codex for 40k.

From the article:

When you think of the servants of the Hive Mind, there are a few things that stand out – big claws, sharp teeth, and breathtaking appetites. It’s easy to forget that one of their greatest strengths is their ability to coordinate at the speed of thought, and it’s this that the Genestealer Cults use to devastating effect in their impending codex, coming early 2022.

Unprepared foes find themselves trapped in a cage of gunfire from all sides, as cultists spring up from prepared positions to blanket them in bullets. Whenever a unit with the Crossfire keyword shoots and scores at least five hits (or a hit with a Damage characteristic other than 1) their target gains a crossfire marker.

Once an enemy unit has a crossfire marker, it becomes especially vulnerable to attack. First, any further Crossfire units shooting at them add 1 to their hit rolls. Then, if the target is Exposed, they’re in for a world of hurt.

How does a target become Exposed? If you draw a line from the attacking unit’s base to another friendly Crossfire model within sight, and that line passes over the targeted unit, that targeted unit is Exposed.

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Want to get into the post-apocalyptic world of Devil's Run but aren't quite sure where to start? Modiphius is here to help. Grab your shoulder pads, bladed boomerang, and rev your engines before diving into the Devil's Run Player Primer, now available on their website.

From the announcement:

Today we’re delighted to announce the release of the Devil’s Run Player's Primer, a brand new resource for players looking to experience the post-apocalyptic 2d20-driven game of vehicular mayhem.

A handy player introduction to the Devil's Run RPG for the 2d20 system, including a brief history, an introduction to the factions, plus all the character creation and equipment tables required to create a player character for the game.

Features:

• History of the Devil's Run post-apocalyptic setting.
• A rundown of the factions available for this zany post-apocalypse.
• Full character creation breakdown.
• Gear & Merch tables.

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<weewoo! weewoo! weewoo!> Giant Dragon Alert! Quite literally today. It's an Adult Green Dragon coming to your tabletops from Wizards of the Coast as part of their D&D Icons of the Realms line of figures.

From the website:

The D&D Icons of the Realms: Adult Green Dragon Premium Figure is an excellent addition to your miniatures collection or display shelf. Sculpted with highly detailed features and using premium paints, this green dragon is a great foe for any adventure!

The most cunning and treacherous of true dragons, green dragons use misdirection and trickery to get the upper hand against their enemies. Nasty tempered and thoroughly evil, they take special pleasure in subverting and corrupting the good-hearted. In the ancient forests they roam, green dragons demonstrate an aggression that is often less about territory than it is about gaining power and wealth with as little effort as possible.

A green dragon is recognized by its curved jawline and the crest that begins near its eyes and continues down its spine, reaching full height just behind the skull. A green dragon has no external ears, but bears leathery spiked plates that run down the sides of its neck.

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Spider-Man has quite a rogue's gallery of enemies. And, sometimes, they manage to put aside their own goals long enough to band together in their hatred of your friendly neighborhood wall-crawler. And that's what's happening in Sinister Motives, a new campaign expansion coming for Marvel Champions.

From the announcement:

“With great power comes great responsibility.”

In the Marvel universe, those six words carry great significance as the driving principle behind one of the greatest heroes ever known: Spider-Man. This web-slinging, wisecracking hero is beloved by many, but he also has his fair share of mortal enemies. Fortunately, Peter Parker is not the only wall-crawler protecting the streets of New York from villains and their sinister schemes…

Fantasy Flight Games is thrilled to announce Sinister Motives, the fourth campaign expansion for Marvel Champions: The Card Game!

In this expansion, you and your fellow heroes take to the streets and rooftops of New York City and face off against a rogues gallery of classic Spider-Man villains, including Sandman, Venom, Mysterio, and the notorious Sinister Six. As with previous expansions, you can play each of these scenarios individually or as part of a larger campaign, and with a sinister spread of new modular encounter sets, there will be ample opportunity to mix things up for all of your Marvel Champions games. Sinister Motives also kicks off a new wave of playable heroes for the game, starting with two iconic web-warriors: Ghost-Spider and Spider-Man (Miles Morales), both of whom come with fully pre-built and ready-to-play decks right out of the box.

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The space janitors that are the Adeptus Custodes are the best and last line of defense of the Imperium. And their new codex brings with it plenty of updates to their rules, including their Shield Host abilities. Get a look at these updates in this preview.

From the article:

Big, gold, and incredibly old, the Adeptus Custodes are a fighting force to be reckoned with. As they gad about the galaxy, undertaking the Emperor’s will and harvesting new names, they invariably end up in conflict, and that’s where they get to flex their martial skills.

Codex Adeptus Custodes, which will be with us in early 2022, gives these elite warriors myriad new ways to crush their foes, with fresh rules for Shield Hosts – the different groupings which Custodes organise under when tackling the direst of threats.

Shield Hosts will be familiar to fans of Adeptus Custodes, but they’ve had upgrades befitting these golden demigods of destruction for the latest edition. There are six in total, including favourites like the Solar Watch, and each has access to unique fighting styles, warlord traits, stratagems, and relics of Terra.

No matter which Shield Host a Custodes is pledged to, they are all first and foremost servants of the Emperor, so you can always fall back on the Emperor’s Chosen Shield Host.*

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You're in high school. You're not far from graduation. You're also capable of casting spells. That's where you find yourself in Lofi Bards to Study and Relax to, a new urban fantasy RPG that's up on Kickstarter now.

From the campaign:

You and your friends are students at a magical high-school, college or university and exams are coming up! Go on magical adventures, reveal ancient secrets and forge deep bonds with your friends - just make sure you don’t miss class!

To help you on your journey, you’re equipped with one of your most prized possessions - the Notestrider. When a reel of magical tape is placed in this small, arcane box, it plays a recording of whatever is stored on the tape; usually through a strange pair of mechanical earmuffs. You and your tight-knit group of friends all put together a mixtape of your favourite songs for studying - 'lofi bards to study and relax to' - and the relaxing beats and chilled out vibes might just be enough to see you through the crazy world of arcane education!

Inspired by fantasy franchises like Dungeons and Dragons and Harry Potter, the real-life experience of high-school and university, and the wave of lofi hip-hop that's been the soundtrack to many sleepless nights all over the world, Lofi Bards brings a unique style and atmosphere to a hugely popular genre of role-playing games. As you play, your characters will experience the joys of friendship, the loneliness of late nights, the tension of education and the excitement of exploring the mysterious magical world for the first time. That's the heart of the game: that mixture of happiness, melancholy, peace and turmoil that encapsulates not only the lofi genre, but the experience of growing up.

The campaign's more than 10x funded (being fair, they weren't asking much) but only has 5 days left to go.

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